Posted in Disability, Rachel Siewert, Senate, Welfare, tagged centrelink, Disability, motion, trust on May 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Although the introduction of the Special Disability Trust (SDT) in September 2006 was welcomed by parents and carers of those living with disabilities, it has not been as widely taken up as expected, during questioning in Senate Estimates it was revealed that only 22 trusts have been established Australia wide to date. [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Budget, Christine Milne, Climate change, Coal, Disability, Education, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Family & Community, Forestry, Greens, Health, Housing Crisis, Indigenous Australian, Logging, NT Intervention, Peak oil, Poverty, Renewable energy, Senate, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Sustainable Farming, Tax, Transport, Water, Welfare, Wind Power on May 16, 2008 | 22 Comments »
Instead of replying to the details of the Rudd-Swan Budget, I decided this year to use their backward-looking, future-phobic presentation as the launching pad for a broader discussion of what we might do if we had a Government with the vision and guts necessary to take on the twin challenges of climate change and peak [...]
Posted in Christine Milne, Disability, Family & Community, Poverty, Welfare on December 19, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Every now and then an idea comes around which is so perfectly judged that it seems it cannot fail to take off. Jonathon Welch’s Choir of Hard Knocks is such an idea, and I am one of millions, doubtless, around Australia to have been moved and inspired by what has been achieved.
A few weeks ago, [...]
Posted in Disability, Rachel Siewert, Tax, Welfare, tagged disabled, carers on November 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m fresh back from a forum held in Melbourne by the Australian Association for Families of Children with a Disability (AAFCD). It was a great chance to talk to concerned members of what is a largely ignored section of the community. Speaking and answering questions alongside myself were Annette Ellis MP from the ALP, Minister [...]
Posted in Disability, Election 07, Rachel Siewert, Welfare, tagged campaign, centrelink, cstda, Disability, enable, newstart, pension, Senate, support on October 11, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The government’s recent changes to the Disability Support Pension, introduced as part of Welfare to Work, have made life a lot tougher for people with disabilities and their carers.
People are being shifted from disability pensions to Newstart Allowance, reducing their income but are not receiving adequate training or support necessary to get a [...]
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